After missing a year, we headed back to rural Syangja to run what was our 5th series of health camps in this region. As we walked up to Gabde School, the location for our first camp, the lines had already formed, with early arrivals keen not to miss out on the opportunity to have their eyes and teeth […]
Hot off the back of our highly successful eye camp in Baruwa Village, Sindhupulchok our 8 cataract patients, Pasang and Community Medical Assistant, Rabina packed themselves into a jeep for the long, bumpy journey to Kathmandu. With a probable average age for our patients somewhere in the mid 70s, for most of them it was their […]
On Thursday morning we set off with two senior optometrists from Kathmandu’s Teaching Hospital, Dr Sanjeeb Mishra and Dr Gauri Shankar Shrestha to finally fulfil a promise made to the community of Baruwa in Sindhupalchok, to return and support them in their health care needs by running a free eye camp. After a long, bumpy […]
Last week 64 people crowded on to two buses supported by our local health care workers Kumar and Jhalak – 32 cataract patients and 32 carers – and headed to Pokhara for a simple, but life changing operation to restore their sight. After a further series of screening, two ladies were referred to Tilgunga Eye Hospital […]
After everyone had boarded buses for the windy road through the mountains towards Kathmandu and Pokhara, there finally came a chance to reflect. This year’s health camp has been an incredible experience for all. For one, we had some amazing numbers… Total numbers 2016: 1,630 patients 2,793 consultations Total Numbers Past 4 years: 7,271 patients […]
